Archive: February 2007: Den Virtuelle Trøst / Game Reactor

Game Reactor has had a redesign, and has turned from one of the best looking magazines out there (that I can’t understand a single word of) into, um, an even better looking magazine (that I still can’t understand a single word of.)

In the new redesign, too, they’ve actually managed to make the picture of me that accompanies my article even bigger than ever (if you download the PDF you’ll see it’s massive.)

This article is largely one long cuss. I cuss the PS3 for not having any decent launch titles, and then I cuss Nintendo for the absurdly shoddy state of the Wii Virtual Console, specifically in Europe, where the games are all crippled with 50hz conversions, but also worldwide, noting the inability to download games from other regions and just how (in general) overpriced it is.

Admittedly, I do have some rather kind words for Xbox Live Arcade, as the online scoreboards can turn any old game into something compulsive, not to mention the often excellent original content. If they could only get up to speed and release more than one game a week!

March 31st, 2007 : Archive, Columns, Game Reactor